Mexican mob storms hospital, claiming coronavirus is government conspiracy
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An angry mob stormed a Mexican hospital to "rescue" a coronavirus patient, claiming the global pandemic is a lie and a government conspiracy, according to news reports.
A crowd of nearly 300 people, egged on by chatter from a local Facebook group, rushed the hospital in Motozintla, in the southern Mexican province of Chiapas, on Monday, demanding to examine the unnamed patient themselves, Mexican News Daily reported.
"Coronavirus is a lie," one member posted on the Mercado Libre de Motozintla Facebook page. "Let's not fall for it. ".
The crowd also demanded an end to coronavirus lockdown restrictions, claiming the virus doesn't really exist, according to the report, originally published Tuesday in the Mexican newspaper El Universal. Family members of the patient, who were part of the mob, said they feared for his safety.
The man was the third resident of the town to be hospitalized with COVID-19 ,the outlet said.
Hospital officials blocked the entrance and called in the national guard, which secured the scene and cordoned off the building and part of a nearby park, the report said.
Mexico had more than 26,000 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Wednesday, with 2,507 dead from the global pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University.
You guys still think it's funny that ignorant little valet asshole at HK making racial coronavirus jokes about Asian people?
The average Mexican has like a 6th grade education, and Mexico is the most murderous, deadliest, violent country in the world. Combine that with a deadly highly contagious virus that's killing thousands of people and causing the economy to crash, that's a dangerous combination. Mexicans are easily whipped into a killing murdering frenzy when they're presented with BS rumors on social media, documented events have already proved that. It would not take much, it would not take much at all for "funny" little racial comments to spiral out of control into full blown murderous lynch mobs directed towards Asian people. Mexicans have already been attacking DOCTORS AND NURSES who they blame for spreading coronavirus. Wake up people. Racial "jokes" are not funny, and they're not cute. I don't care that your asian and latino co-workers at the ups warehouse night shift bust eachother's balls every now and then. We're talking about something completely different here.
Mexico's fake low infection
Jinx,
When people are hungry they can do lots of ugly, irrational things.
What's scary is Mexico's central government has been low balling infection and death numbers. They are trying to keep the economy going. Coupled with the population's ignorance and poverty, the country will be devastated by this virus. In official report, deaths went up 4 times to 350 this week.
So far a couple bros have posted about their infection after traveling in Mexico, but they are still screaming and kicking. Mexico may peak 1 to 2 months behind US. We are talking July or August before we can see the real impact.